Serious help with writing poems that stay in the lines of the title of the work
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(03-21-2013, 06:11 AM)milo Wrote:  
(03-20-2013, 06:08 PM)Jaylyn_D_Murray Wrote:  I wrote a poem called, "It's Powerful", and I need serious help writing works that pertain to the title.
In this poem I tried making use of symbolism and I DRASTICALLY failed. Does anyone know of anything that can help me become better at this?(I have a couple more questions!)

How do I write rhyming lines that make sense, fit together, or transition end rhymes?
Ex: The perfection of awareness makes me so conscious;
Great senses are flawless?????!(sorry, I can't mess up on purpose!)

How am I supposed to write down the lines of a poem on a page?
I write them like this sometimes:
"I wisked water aside, aside, and farther aside..."
[when the page ends I continue to write my line in the space between the brackets as if it were a sentence]

Okay, the poem!
"It's Powerful"
Lithium, Ion, Infinite Battery-Powered, Sorcery-Proof thing!
The power to create, ameliorate,
And ressurect dead stuff!
Yes! That thing that makes you see water in a desolate bluff!
Ow! Ow!
I think I might just put it down...
Ah! It just burned a hole in the ground!
If you're well past adolescent years,
Act wisely with it, or you'll swell people's fears!
And please,
I advise you don't talk about the samurai space monkeys fighting evil lizards for the love of the earth!
Because, even though they're not sweet..!
Mental hospitals can be made home!
But as long as you're a Picasso of creating mental images,....
The imagination is.....
Powerful!

Please don't make me feel like as much of an idiot as I already am for asking but,
How can one write more "Deep"(meaningful, "connectable", etc.) poems?

It's the only question I feel that scratches the surface of my endless FRUSTRATIONS and SETBACKS with poetry!lol
A great exercise for learning the lessons you seem to be going after (space, connection, rhythm, etc.) is to take 1 (one) image or concept and write a triolet. Do it a few times. Next thing you know, you develop a harsh awareness of space, control and rhythm in poetry. i would be more than glad to help if you need any assistance with this.

-milo
ok, for example, take any line in the poem you just wrote and turn it into a triolet like such

A hospital can be made home

A hospital can be made home
so long as you don't mind the blouse.
If you're the type that likes to roam
a hospital can be made. Home
is just a place you lay your comb,
at least this one is free from louse.
A hospital can be made home
so long as you don't mind the blouse.

rinse and repeat. It will force a focus on your work. Hope this helps.

-milo
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RE: Serious help with writing poems that stay in the lines of the title of the work - by milo - 03-21-2013, 06:31 AM



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